Philosophy of Life

“Time present and time past / Are both perhaps present in time future, / And time future contained in time past.” - T.S. Eliot, “Burnt Norton”

Four Quartets
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Four Quartets

T.S. Eliot | We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.

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Ulysses
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Ulysses

Alfred, Lord Tennyson | It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.

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Ithaka
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Ithaka

Constantine Peter Cavafy | As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery.

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